Total number of volunteers: 1,906

• 921 commenced new assignments¹
• 985 continued assignments from previous year/s

Average length of assignment: 10 months

Where they went:

92 per cent of volunteers during the year were in the Indo-Pacific²

• Asia: 55 per cent
• Pacific: 30 per cent
• Africa: 13 per cent
• Americas³: 1 per cent
• Middle East: 1 per cent

Countries which received the most volunteers: Indonesia, Cambodia, Fiji, Vietnam, Philippines

Average age of Australian volunteers: 41

Five most common areas of volunteer expertise:

• Community and social development
• Education
• Business and finance
• Management
• Health

Common areas of volunteer expertise:

• Community development (18 per cent)
• Education (16 per cent)
• Business and finance (13 per cent)
• Management (11 per cent)
• Health (11 per cent)
• Information and knowledge management (4 per cent)
• Other (27 per cent)

Key assignment areas:

• Other social infrastructure and services (18 per cent)
• Governance (18 per cent)
• Health (14 per cent)
• Education (10 per cent)
• General environmental protection (6 per cent)

Number of host organisations: 1222

Total expenditure on AVID (A$): $56.6 million

1. Data presented is for new volunteers mobilised in the financial year.
2. Indo Pacific is defined as Asia, PNG, Pacific and eastern seaboard African countries (Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland and Tanzania).
3. Americas countries: Belize, Dominican Republic, Peru and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.